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 Paris Divorce Fair 
 Thrives on 
 Breakups 

Get legal advice and plastic surgery for life's next phase

Nov 9, 09 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The annual Paris Marriage Fair has spawned a modern offspring—a Divorce Fair. “Divorce has lost its stigma,” says its organizer; nearly 50% of French marriages, including two of Nicolas Sarkozy's, don't last. Booths at the fair offered services from divorce lawyers, tarot card readers, self-esteem coaches, and... More »

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divorce • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • marriage • Paris • lawyer • divorce attorney • separation • trade fair

 Dodgers Owners 
 Headed for Ugly Divorce 

Jamie McCourt says Frank had no right to fire her as team CEO

Oct 27, 09 7:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - This could get messier than the Los Angeles Dodgers’ playoff elimination against Philadelphia: Jamie McCourt, wife of Los Angeles owner Frank McCourt filed for divorce today, charging that they are in fact co-owners, and that Frank had no right to fire her last week as the team’s chief executive.... More »

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Iraq • divorce • Los Angeles Dodgers • Frank McCourt

(Newser) - Researchers have discovered the secret of a happy marriage—at least for the husband: a younger, smarter wife. Such marriages are likely to last, particularly when neither spouse has been previously divorced. Marriages involving women at least five years younger than a husband and with a higher educational level fared... More »

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divorce • marriage • wedding • husband • wife • cougar

parents of the year

Jon Returns Cash, But Kate Doesn't: Lawyer

Kate will faces contempt for declining to account for $55,000

Oct 23, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Gosselin has returned enough of the $180,000 he withdrew from a family bank account to avoid being held in contempt of court, his lawyer says. Instead, his estranged wife may end up in contempt: The court also ordered Kate Gosselin to account for $55,000 she took from... More »

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reality TV • divorce • parenting • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

Men More Likely to Abandon
Sick Partners

Seven times as many women stay when serious illness strikes

Oct 15, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Relationships fail seven times more often when illness strikes the female partner than when it strikes the man. Researchers don't know why, but theories abound: “There is an immediate shift in a relationship when an illness is diagnosed,” a counselor tells the Times of London. Gender roles... More »

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cancer • divorce • disease • women • men • marriage • multiple sclerosis • chronic illness • gender roles • relationship • scientific study • medical study • terminal illness

 Jon Must Pay Back 
 $180K to Joint Account 

Reality TV dad has 2 weeks to return cash

Oct 13, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Gosselin must return $180,000 to the bank account he shares with estranged wife Kate, a judge ruled today. The sum is part of a $232,000 withdrawal that Kate claims Jon made in violation of a divorce arbitrator’s orders, reports People. Jon has to pay up by... More »

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reality TV • divorce • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

family circus

Jon, Kate Will Go to Arbitration Over Cash Dispute

Mercurial couple may avoid emergency hearing over inappropriate withdrawals

Oct 12, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin may avoid an emergency hearing over disputed withdrawals from their joint bank account: The two will meet with a court-appointed arbitrator tomorrow in hopes of resolving the dispute privately. Kate filed court papers requesting the emergency hearing over Jon's $230,000 withdrawal; Jon has shot back... More »

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reality TV • divorce • parenting • TLC • checking account • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Jon Kate divorce

make it stop

 Kate Wants 
 Spousal, Child 
 Support from Jon 

Kids are 'acting out' as Gosselin split turns even uglier

Oct 9, 09 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - After making nice for a day while their twins turned 9, the Gosselins are back in the ring, with Kate filing court papers demanding child support and temporary spousal support. "She needs relief in light of the draining of substantial marital assets," namely Jon's withdrawal of $230,000... More »

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entertainment • divorce • parenting • TLC • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • separation

 Elizabeth Edwards 
 Ready to Divorce: Tab 

John Edwards may have fathered Rielle Hunter's baby, but it's those other women...

Oct 1, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards is ready to divorce John and air all his dirty laundry in court, sources tell the National Enquirer—a tabloid that's been surprisingly accurate when it comes to the Edwards scandal. Elizabeth’s breaking point by way of former aide Andrew Young’s upcoming tell-all: “What... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • divorce • sex scandal • Andrew Young • love child • political scandal • Rielle Hunter

ANALYSIS

Facebook Divorce Rule No. 1: Don't Overshare

Divorcee, beware. His lawyer might be reading those posts

Sep 29, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like many things, the etiquette for dealing with marital troubles on Facebook isn’t exactly covered in the Terms of Service. And like any other Facebook action, Amanda Fortini writes, users would do well to think before they type. When a recently separated woman posted a status update reading “... More »

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social networking • Internet • divorce • Web 2.0 • marriage • Facebook • lawyer • defriending • marital woes

OPINION

 Parents' Scandal 
 Darkens Oudin's Run 

Leslie Oudin accused of affair with Melanie's coach

Sep 10, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tennis phenom Melanie Oudin ended her storied run at the US Open last night, and mere hours later the dark clouds of scandal swirled over her moment in the sun, Bill Dwyre writes in the Los Angeles Times, as Sports Illustrated reported that mom Leslie had an affair with her... More »

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 I Despise Kate: Jon 


Says he didn't leave her for girlfriend

Sep 8, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a Good Morning America interview today, Jon Gosselin didn't hide his feelings about estranged wife Kate. "I can't sit on the sofa with that woman," he said, explaining that their segments of Jon & Kate Plus 8 are filmed separately. "I despise (her) because she's not... More »

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 Jon, Kate Inch Closer to Divorce 

Disputed money in trust for kids

Sep 8, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin are closer to each being minus a spouse. The reality TV pair has sorted out a money issue that was holding up their divorce, the New York Post reports. In June, Jon claimed Kate was hiding $80,000 in a secret trust. Turns out she was,... More »

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 Berlusconi: 
 'Italians Want 
 to Be Like Me' 

He 'can't remember' the night escort says they had sex

Sep 8, 09 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stubbornly unrepentant Silvio Berlusconi is insisting Italians support his behavior and "would like to be" him, reports the Telegraph. "Italians aren't stupid, and they prefer my government," added the randy prime minister, 74, on Italian television. The man who last week called himself  "superman" insisted that... More »

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divorce • sex scandal • Italy • Rome • Silvio Berlusconi • Italian economy

 Kate Abused Me: Jon Gosselin 

Reality star talks about marriage on Good Morning America

Sep 2, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Gosselin took "a lot of abuse" during his decade-long marriage to his soon-to-be ex-wife Kate, he tells Chris Cuomo on Good Morning America in his first interview since the infamous reality couple filed their divorce papers. Gosselin, 32, says he received little thanks from his wife for playing... More »

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divorce • interview • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Jon Kate divorce • Jon Gosselin interview

 Rimes Announces Divorce 


Sep 1, 09 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a much-publicized affair that ended the marriage of a co-star, LeAnn Rimes says she, too, is filing for divorce. “After much thoughtful mutual consideration, Dean and I have agreed to move forward with dissolving our marriage,” Rimes, 27, writes on her website of Dean Sheremet, whom she... More »

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entertainment • divorce • celebrity divorces • Lifetime • extramarital affair • LeAnn Rimes • Eddie Cibrian • Dean Sheremet • Brandi Glanville

OPINION

Current Care Kills More Than 'Army of Death Panels'

System 'takes lives and breaks apart families'

Aug 30, 09 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite screeches that a government-run health care program will bump people into an early grave, "it’s a good bet that our existing dysfunctional health system knocks off far more people than an army of ‘death panels’ could, even if they did exist," writes Nicholas Kristof in... More »

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health care costs • divorce • health insurance • bankruptcy • health care reform • Obama administration • Nicholas Kristof • President Obama

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Fiore Beau 
 'Happy' Jenkins Is Dead 

Plus, Fergie and the Prince are together again, sorta

Aug 24, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Murdered model Jasmine Fiore wanted to get back together with ex-boyfriend Robert Hasman, he said this morning on Today. When Hasman heard Fiore’s suspected murderer, Ryan Jenkins, had killed himself, “I was happy,” he said. Fiore’s mother, Lisa Lepore, said of Jenkins, “He wanted... More »

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entertainment • divorce • celebrity • death • Gwyneth Paltrow • Kirstie Alley • celebrity divorces • Royal Family • Sarah Ferguson • Chris Martin • celebrity marriage • Jasmine Fiore • Ryan Jenkins • Robert Hasman

(Newser) - Holy Monty Python. John Cleese has a whopping $20 million check to write in a California divorce settlement, and he's not happy about it. “What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine," grumbled the 70-year-old star.... More »

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divorce • Britain • comedian • divorce settlement • celebrity divorces • John Cleese • Fiona Shackleton

Jon, Kate Face Off After Late-Night Fight

Estranged wife didn't like his cocktail waitress-turned-nanny

Aug 15, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin didn’t kiss, but they did seem to make up yesterday after a heated argument over Jon's choice of nanny, Us reports. In a photo of the reunion, Kate appears defensive, putting a hand on her chest as their children look on. One child is wiping... More »

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entertainment • divorce • custody battle • celebrity divorces • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Jon Kate fight

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